Avoid Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
Let's learn how we can overcome the fear of missing out.
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Fill in your gaps#
Your favorite thought leader says you should check out ReasonML. Is JavaScript dead? Why the hell do people want to kill Redux so bad? Is CSS-in-JS literally the devil? Vue passed React in GitHub stars; should you pivot to Vue? I dunno. Do you get paid in Github stars?
Fill in ~your~ gaps. Read technical books cover to cover. For less than $100 and a few focused days, you can download world-class expertise on anything.
Focus on your needs#
Focus on you and your employer’s needs. There are so many opportunities in tech that you can pretty much pick out your turf and play entirely within it AND be completely ignorant of all the other stuff AND still do great!
Focus on the good enough#
Don’t get me wrong; I’m a big fan of playing the meta-game. It is possible to make strategic blunders, but it’s also impossible to avoid them altogether.
Stop trying. It’s much better to focus on the good enough and be directionally but not literally correct. The goal is to be accurate, not precise. Try your best to be right, but don’t worry when you’re wrong.
Introduction: Know your Tools
Beyond the Tool